Had an idea about a cool new mission type that could be added to the game.
You arrive at a local star-base, & one of the factions mentions that they've lost contact with one of their outposts or settlements in <system name>, & ask if you could check it out for them.
The mission would involve you going to the Outpost or Settlement (which will now be powered down-even in Open Play) & you'll have to scan it...either with your ship or your SRV (if on the surface). Depending on the cause of the shut-down, you might get attacked by pirates/drones. Once you've completed the scan, you need to take the info back to your employers without getting destroyed.
As part of a fully-chained mission system, this could lead to a mission in which you have to kill the ships belonging to the faction that attacked the base, or perhaps missions where you need to rescue hostages taken during the attack. This might then lead to a mission in which you have to help to supply materials needed for repairing/re-stocking the base. In other scenarios, the power down might be due to a plague, or simply a power outage, which would then lead to missions where you have to supply medicines, Water Purifiers or Power Generators. The point is that there are a range of possibilities-dependent on a range of factors.
So what do you guys reckon?
CMDR Marcus Hicks.
You arrive at a local star-base, & one of the factions mentions that they've lost contact with one of their outposts or settlements in <system name>, & ask if you could check it out for them.
The mission would involve you going to the Outpost or Settlement (which will now be powered down-even in Open Play) & you'll have to scan it...either with your ship or your SRV (if on the surface). Depending on the cause of the shut-down, you might get attacked by pirates/drones. Once you've completed the scan, you need to take the info back to your employers without getting destroyed.
As part of a fully-chained mission system, this could lead to a mission in which you have to kill the ships belonging to the faction that attacked the base, or perhaps missions where you need to rescue hostages taken during the attack. This might then lead to a mission in which you have to help to supply materials needed for repairing/re-stocking the base. In other scenarios, the power down might be due to a plague, or simply a power outage, which would then lead to missions where you have to supply medicines, Water Purifiers or Power Generators. The point is that there are a range of possibilities-dependent on a range of factors.
So what do you guys reckon?
CMDR Marcus Hicks.